"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
Cognitive biases are like optical illusions of the mind; they trick us into seeing the world not as it is, but as we expect or want it to be.
Fear is the most powerful weapon in the world.
The truth is, the science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the brain and the fancy: It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of observations on material and obvious things.